[Unionfs] 2.3.3 will not compile

[Thomas Backlund]

Paul Bender skrev:
> bkauler at goosee.com wrote:
>>> bkauler at goosee.com wrote:
>>>> I have downloaded kernel 2.6.25-git11, which is a snapshot dated
>>>> 27th April. I got this as it seems to have many bugfixes from
>>>> the 2.6.25 release on the 17th.
>>> I do not believe that 2.6.25-git11 is bugfixes for 2.6.25. Rather, it is
>>> the beginnings of 2.6.26. As a result, it is likely to be less stable
>>> and (as you found out) have interface changes.
>> Paul,
>> No, the kernel.org site has this:
>>
>> The latest stable version of the Linux kernel is:     2.6.25  2008-04-17
>> 03:15 UTC
>> The latest snapshot for the stable Linux kernel tree is:      2.6.25-git11
>>       2008-04-27 19:01 UTC
>>
>> They are stating that it is a snapshot of the latest stable kernel tree,
>> which implies that this is progressing toward version 2.6.25.1.
> 
> I know that it what it says. Based on what it says, assuming it is
> progressing toward 2.6.25.1 is the obvious conclusion.
> 

but that's not true...

The stable queue is not listed on the front page, but you can find it here:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/chrisw/stable-queue.git;a=summary

> However, that has not been my experience. For example 2.6.24-git* was
> progressing toward 2.6.25-rc1 not 2.6.24.1. If you look at the dates on
> the patch files in <http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/>
> you will see that the date of 2.6.25-rc1 is one day after 2.6.24-git22.
> In addition, the 2.6.25-git* changelog contains some changes that appear
> to be new features not bug fixes.

Yep.

the version flow on the front page is 2.6.25 -> 2.6.25-gitX -> 
2.6.26-rc1 -> 2.6.26-rc1-gitX -> ...

I guess it could be renamed from 2.6.25-gitX to 2.6.26-rc0-gitX bot so 
far it has been working the way it is...

--
Thomas